ME 2990. Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering (1-9) Credit and title to be arranged. This course is to be used on a limited basis to offer developing subject matter areas not covered in existing courses. (Courses limited to two offerings under one title within two academic years.)

ME 3133. Modeling and Manufacturing (3) Two hours Lecture. Three hours Laboratory. (Prerequisite: Junior standing). Intermediate drafting and design techniques using solid modeling software, with special emphasis placed on tolerancing, dimensioning, and manufacturing process selection.

ME 3113. Engineering Analysis. (3) (Prerequisite: Computer Literacy, MA 3113, MA 3253, and PH 2213). Three hours lecture. Analysis of engineering problems requiring the use of engineering fundamentals and mathematical techniques of analysis with computer applications.

ME 3313. Heat Transfer (3) (Prerequisite: EM 3313,MA 3253, and ME 3503 or ME 3513). Three hours lecture. A study of the fundamental principles of heat transfer; processes; steady and transient conduction in solids; thermal radiation; and convective processes.

ME 3403. Materials for Mechanical Engineering Design (3) (Prerequisite: CH 1223 and EM 2413, Co-requisite EM 3213). Three hours lecture. Behavior, testing, and processing of engineering materials. Emphasis is placed on the interrelation of design with processing and material selection.

ME 3423. Mechanics of Machinery (3) (Prerequisite: EM 2433, ME 3113). Three hours lecture. Analysis of mechanisms for motions, velocities, accelerations, and forces.

ME 3513. Thermodynamics I (3) (Prerequisite: CH 1223, MA 2733, and PH 2213). Three hours lecture. Definitions; properties of a pure substance; work and heat; First and Seconds Laws; entropy; ideal gases.

ME 3523. Thermodynamics II (3) (Prerequisite: ME 3513). Three hours lecture. Mixtures of ideal gases; irreversibility and availability; vapor power cycles; gas power cycles; refrigeration cycles; flow through nozzles and turbine blades; combustion; chemical equilibrium

ME 3533. Thermodynamics (3) (Prerequisite: MA 1723). Three hours lecture. Definitions; work and heat; pure substances; fundamental laws; processes; externally reversible cycles; entropy; vapor and gas power cycles; heat transfer.

ME 3613. Systems Dynamics (3) (Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in EM 2433, ME 3313, EM 3313, and EE 3183). Three hours lecture. Mathematical description of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems.

ME 3701. Experimental Orientation (1) (Prerequisite: credit or registration in ME 3523 and a technical junior level writing course). Three hours laboratory. Measurement: their accuracy and usefulness; reporting; measurements of pressure, temperature, mass, weight, volume, speed, time, frequency, torque, power, area, force, and displacement.

ME 4000. Directed Individual Study. Hours and credits to be arranged.

ME 4113/6113. Material Selection in Design (3) (Prerequisite: ME 3403 or equivalent). Three hours Lecture. Principles of materials selection related to mechanical design requirements.

ME 4123/6123. Failure of Engineering Materials (3) (Prerequisite: EM 3213). Three hours Lecture. The failure of constituent materials using real-world casea studies is the focus. Experimental an analytical techniques for failure analysis and prevention are covered.

ME 4133/6133. Mechanical Metallurgy (3) (Prerequisite: ME 3403 or equivalent). Three hours Lecture. The mechanical and metallurgical fundamentals of metals are discussed. Mechanical fundamentals cover the stress and strain relationships and metallurgical fundamentals cover the microstructure.

ME 4223/6223. Mechanical Systems Analysis (3) (Prerequisite: ME 3413 or ME 3613 and senior standing). Three hours Lecture. Fourier methods, shock spectra, signature analysis, relation to specific phenomena and malfunctions; acoustical aids; field measurement analysis; random functions, correlations; mobility and impedance methods.

ME 4333/6333. Energy Systems Design (3) (Prerequisite: ME 3313 or ME 3113). Three hours Lecture. Comprehensive design problems requiring engineering decisions, data acquisition, codes/standards compliance. Emphasis upon energy systems components: heat exchangers piping networks, pumps, Fluid transients, system modeling.

ME 4343/6343. Intermediate Heat transfer (3) (Prerequisite: ME 3313). Three hours Lecture. Condensation and boiling, analytical and numerical techniques for conduction and convection, gray-body and spectral-dependant radiation, transient and steady-state thermal modeling.

ME 4353/6353. Alternate Energy Sources (3) (Prerequisite: ME 3313). Three hours Lecture. Analysis and design of systems using energy derived from solar, hydro, geothermal, wind, ocean, waste, and biomass sources.

ME 4373/6373. Air Conditioning (3) (Prerequisite: ME 3523 and Me 3313). Three hours Lecture. Psychometrics; comfort conditions; determination of heat losses and gains; determination of sizes of elements; energy usage estimating; residual and commercial systems.

ME 4403. Machine Design (3) (Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in EM 3213). Three hours Lecture. Applied stress analysis and material strength theories for sizing and selection materials of machine elements. Selection of gears, cams, belts, springs. Design projects.

ME 4443/6443. Mechanical Systems Design (3) (Prerequisite: ME 3423 and Me 4403). Three hours Lecture. Mechanical design projects involving analysis; industrial standards and considerations for the safety and manufacturability; the use of computers in design and manufacturing automation (CAD/CAM).

ME 4453/6453. Lubrication (3) (Prerequisite: Senior Standing). Three hours Lecture. Friction of solids and fluids. Lubricants. Theory of sliding bearings. Multidimensional bearings with constant forces and velocities. Film, hydrodynamic, and gas lubrication. Design of bearings.

ME 4463/6463. Engineering Design (3) (Prerequisite: ME 3613 and senior standing). Three hours Lecture. In-depth topics in mechanical design. Design of friction devices, hydrodynamic drives, and shells of revolution. Design for thermal creep, thermal stresses, surface contact, and impact.

ME 4493/6493. Concurrent Engineering (3) (Prerequisite: Junior or Senior Standing). Three hours Lecture. An introduction to the implementation, application, and management of concurrent engineering, as well as, the tools and techniques that support new product development.

ME 4543/6543. Combustion Engines (3) (Prerequisite: ME 3523 and ME 3313). Three hours Lecture. Application of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and combustion in the determination of performance characteristics of various engines, e.g., internal combustion, jet and rocket engines.

ME 4623. Control Systems (3) (Prerequisite: ME 3613 and EE 3283). Three hours Lecture. Principles of closed loop mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and thermodynamic systems. Design of control systems.

ME 4633/6633. Microprocessors in ME(3) (Prerequisite: EE 3283). Three hours Lecture. Course for non-Electrical Engineering majors with emphasis on Mechanical Engineering applications. Microprocessors based systems with breadboard system designs: EPROM programming; A/D, D/A conversion; controls.

ME 4643/6643. Automation of Mechanical Systems (3) (Prerequisite: ME 3613 and EE 3283). Three hours Lecture. An introduction to the design of the design of automated equipment and processes. Automation of processes using fluid power equipment and industrial controllers.

ME 4721. Experimental Techniques I (1) (Prerequisite: ME 3701, EM 3313, and or credit or registration in ME 3313). Three hours Laboratory. Application of principles of experimental design, statistics, uncertainty analysis, instrument response, data acquisition and data reduction to obtain experimental solutions to problems in engineering.

ME 4731. Experimental Techniques II (1) (Prerequisite: ME 4721). Three hours Laboratory. Plan and use the microcomputer to record data and control experiments in traditional mechanical engineering subject areas. Analyze and report results.

ME 4743/6743. Labview (3) (Prerequisite: ME 3701 or equivalent Labview Experience). Two hours Lecture. Three hours laboratory. Labview programming for applications in laboratory data acquisition(DQA). Basic and intermediate graphical programming theory with emphasis on transducer measurements and triggering.

ME 4823/6823. Compressible Flow and Turbomachinery (3) (Prerequisite: EM 3313 and ME 3523). Three hours Lecture. Fundamental principles, shock and expansion waves, generalized one-dimensional flows, simple processing, energy transfer in turbomachines, turbomachines, turbomachine efficiencies, multi-dimensional effects.

ME 4833/6833. Intermediate Fluid Mechanics (3) (Prerequisite: EM 3313). Three hours Lecture. Differential equations of fluid mechanics, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, boundary-layer theory, laminar and turbulent solutions, compressible flow with applications.

ME 4990/6990. Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering (1-9) (Credit and title to be arranged. This course is to be used on a limited basis to offer developing subject matter areas not covered in existing courses. (Courses limited to two offerings under one title within two academic years).

ME 7000. Directed Individual Study Hours and credit to be arranged.

ME 8000. Thesis Research/Thesis Hours and credit to be arranged.

ME 8011. Graduate Seminar (1) Presentation and discussion of research and current mechanical engineering literature by students, faculty, and visiting lecturers. Attendance required for students in Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program.

ME 8213. Engineering Analysis I (3) Three hours lecture. The formulation of mathematical methods of advanced engineering problems and the use of mathematical techniques for their solution: equilibrium, eigenvalue, and propagation problems.

ME 8223. Inelasticity. (3) (Prerequisite: EM 8113 and EM 8203). Three hours Lecture. This course covers plasticity, creep, viscoelasticity, and inelastic behavior in relation to microstructure-property relations, constitutive modeling at different length scales, and computational simulations.

ME 8243. Finite Elements in Mechanical Engineering (3) (Prerequisites: ME 4403 and EM 3213).Three hours lecture. Concepts and applications of finite element analysis in mechanical engineering problems.

ME 8253. Fatigue and Fracture in Engineering Design (3) Three hours lecture. Stress analysis of cracked components. Prediction and prevention of fatigue failure and fracture.

ME 8313. Conduction Heat Transfer (3) Three hours lecture. Closed form analytical and approximate numerical solutions to one, two, and three dimensional steady-state and transient problems in conduction heat transfer.

ME 8323. Radiative Heat Transfer (3) Three hours lecture. Thermal radiation through non-absorbing and absorbing media; integral equations for radiative transfer; unified method for radiation-exchange calculations; solar terrestrial, and planetary radiation.

ME 8333. Convective Heat Transfer (3) Three hours lecture. Analytical and empirical methods of solution of problems in laminar and turbulent, natural and forced convective heat transfer. Stability; thermal boundary layer techniques; multiphase systems.

ME 8353. Advanced Energy Conversion. (3) (Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Mechanical Engineering or consent of instructor). Three hours Lecture. Physical process in advanced energy conversion technologies, with practical application to devices/energy cycles. Emphasis on fuel cells, photovoltaics, and related materials engineering issues.

ME 8363. Computational Heat Transfer (3) (Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor). Three hours lecture. Application of numerical techniques to elliptic and parabolic problems in engineering heat transfer and fluid flow. Discretization techniques; linearization; stability analysis. (Same as ASE 8363)

ME 8513. Classical Thermodynamics (3) Three hours lecture. Postulation treatment of the physical laws of equilibrium, thermostatics. Equations of state, processes, equilibrium stability, reactive systems, phase transitions.

ME 8613. Dynamical Systems (3) Three hours lecture. Mathematical description and simulation of systems with mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic components; state variables; bondgraphs; stability; observability and controllability.

ME 8623. Adaptive Prediction and Control (3) Three hours lecture. Parameter estimation, linear control, prediction, adaptive control, stochastic parameter estimation, Kalman filtering.

ME 8733. Experimental Procedures (3) Three hours lecture. Design of experiments; instrumentation; data acquisition; and correlation and evaluation of results.

ME 8743. Stress Analysis (3) (Prerequisite: EM 3213) Two hours lecture. Three hours laboratory. Analysis of stress distributions in machine and structural by the experimental methods of photoelasticity, electrical-resistance strain gages, and brittle coating; dynamic stress analysis.

ME 8813. Viscous Flow I (3) Three hours lecture. Fundamental laws of motion for a viscous fluid; classical solution of the Navier-Stokes equations; inviscid flow solutions; laminar boundary layers; stability criteria.

ME 8823. Viscous Flow II (3) (Prerequisites: ME 8813). Three hours lecture. Numerical solution techniques for viscous flow equations. Turbulence and turbulence modeling. Current literature and topics.

ME 8990. Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering (1-9) Credit and title to be arranged. This course is to be used on a limited basis to offer developing subject matter not covered in existing courses. (Course limited to two offerings under one title within two academic years).

ME 9000. Dissertation Research/Dissertation Hours and credit to be arranged.